ES2220011T3 - CLAMPING ACCESSORY FOR A MASTIL, PARTICULARLY A CAMPAIGN STORE MASTIL. - Google Patents

Abstract

Tent mast and an accessory, the accessory comprising an elastic arcuate clamping part (3, 23) that partially surrounds the mast, characterized in that a groove (11, 13, 25) is provided in the clamping part (3, 23), the groove (11, 13, 25) being found between radially inner and outer surfaces 7, 8) of the clamping part and extending in the circumferential direction.

Description

Clamping accessory for a mast, particularly a tent pole.

The present invention relates to a mast of tent to hang a tent or store Interior of a tent armor.

Previously, the inner fabric of a armor tent setting type accessories hook or eyelet to the masts of the armor. The inner shop it is equipped with the complementary bra part and hangs on the accessories The document CA-A-2096048 shows an accessory of  this kind.

Problems arise in the use of this type of conventional bra There is more than one mast diameter of Tent in current use. As a result the accessories Conventional tent mast are designed to a specific tent neck diameter, which Increase the stock of accessories to be carried.

The present invention provides a mast of tent and an accessory, the accessory comprising a elastic arcuate clamping part that partially surrounds the mast, characterized in that a slit is provided in the clamping part, the groove remaining between the surfaces radially inside and outside of it and extending into the mast circumferential direction. The cleft in the part of clamping allows the clamping part to deform sufficiently to support more than one mast diameter.

Typically in its relaxed state, the part of clamp features an internal radius suitable for receiving a mast of a first diameter, say 20 mm, the accessory holding the neck gently, and the slit allows the deformity to deform accessory to comfortably hold a larger diameter mast, let's say 23 mm.

Very preferably, means are provided cooperating, such as a hook or eyelet in the accessory.

The clamping part preferably subtends a angle of at least 270 degrees in its relaxed state, and more preferably about 300 degrees. Circumferential ends of the clamping part can be separated to force the accessory on a mast The slit or the slits provided in the clamping part are elongated and preferably extend over at least ninety degrees of arc. Preferably, a slit extends progressively closer to the inner surface of the clamping part as the hole extends circumferentially towards a free end of the part of subjection. Additionally or alternatively an interior wall of the slit is thinner at an axial end of the accessory than in the other. This helps to maintain the elasticity of the position of subjection.

Such accessories incorporate a hook or eyelet to hold an interior store or similar. If hooks are attached to mast of the armor, the inner tent must be equipped with eyelets and not hooks to fix it firmly, and vice versa. They have of producing two types of bras to support stores campaign that use one of two different types of accessory, hooks or eyelets.

A hook and eyelet can be provided in the same end or opposite circumferential ends of the part clamping, which partially surrounds the mast to maintain the mast attachment.

In a preferred mast configuration of tent, the accessory takes the form of a staff, the arch of the arch forming the clamping part, and the leg of the staff incorporates a hook and / or an eyelet.

In another preferred configuration, a bra hooked is located at a circumferential end of the part clamping and an eyelet is located at an opposite end. Preferably the hook and the eyelet are each formed in a plane extending in the axial direction of a mast in which the accessory must be mounted.

The present invention will be described in by way of example with reference to the drawings annexes, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side view of a first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 shows a side view of a second embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 shows a front view of the accessory of Figure 2; Y

Figure 4 shows an axial sectional view of through the accessory on the plane A-A 'of the Figure 3.

Figure 1 shows an accessory 1 for a mast from tent The accessory has a clamping part 3 which has an inner surface 7 that extends in an arc of radius R. The clamping part subtends an angle of about 300 degrees, forming the circumferential ends 4, 6 of the part of hold a gap 5. Attachment 1 fits over a mast from tent (not shown). According to the elasticity of material and structure of the accessory, a mast can be forced radially in the accessory through the separation 5, or the ends 4, 6 can be separated slightly with force and can Slip the accessory axially over the mast. The accessory It is molded from a plastic material.

In the illustrated example, the radius R is 10 mm, and the accessory will sit comfortably around a mast of 20 mm diameter tent. The accessory has a approximate length of 22 mm in the axial direction, extending in the drawing plane.

To allow the accessory to accommodate a mast of larger diameter, in this example 23 mm, the clamping part 3 it has a pair of elongated grooves 11, 13 that extend to through the arcuate body 5 of the clamping part 3 and are between the radially inner surface 7 and the surface radially outer 8. The slits extend circumferentially. The slits are positioned so that extend progressively towards the inner surface 7 a as they extend towards the ends 4, 6.

Bra 1 is shown in the state unstressed When the clamping part 3 is fitted on a mast tent 23 mm in diameter, inner surface 7 can be deformed to admit the major mast so that the accessory sits comfortably on the mast. If not, the accessory would tend to twist or leave a significant gap between the inner surface 7 and the mast.

The slits 11, 13 allow compression of the body 9 in the area of the inner surface 7, in addition to making that body 9 is less rigid.

A hook 15 is provided at one end 4 and a eyelet 17 is provided at the opposite end 6 of the part of fastener 3. Therefore, it can be hung from the accessory 1 a Inner store or other item that presents or parts of eyelet fastener or hook fastener parts 1. The hook 15 and the eyelet 17 are formed in a plane parallel to the direction Axial of the mast.

A second embodiment of the invention in Figures 2 and 3. Figure 2 shows a view side of an accessory 21. Accessory 21 has the shape of a cayado and has a single groove 25 provided in the body 27 of a holding part 23.

The inner surface 29 has a radius R of 20 mm The slit 25 allows the inner surface 29 of the holding part 23 is deformed (as explained in the case of the accessory of Figure 1) to support a mast with diameter 23 mm

As seen in Figure 3, a single arm 31 hangs on a circumferential end 33 of the clamping part 23. The arm 31 has a combined arrangement of hook and eye 37, 39. The hook and eyelet are formed in a plane that extends parallel to the axial direction of the tent pole, the accessory having a length of approximately 22 mm in this axial direction

With reference to Figure 4, which shows a cross-sectional view in the axial direction through the body 27, the inner wall 30 of the recess 25 is of section decreasing so that it is thinner at an axial end of the accessory than in the other. This helps to maintain the elasticity of the  clamping position 3.

Claims (9)

1. Tent mast and an accessory, the accessory comprising an elastic arcuate clamping part (3, 23) that partially surrounds the mast, characterized in that a groove (11, 13, 25) is provided in the clamping part ( 3, 23), the groove (11, 13, 25) being found between radially inner and outer surfaces 7, 8) of the clamping part and extending in the circumferential direction. 2. Tent and accessory mast according to claim 1, characterized in that a hook (15, 39) and / or an eyelet (17, 37) is provided in the accessory. 3. Tent mast and accessory according to claim 2, characterized in that both a hook and an eyelet are provided. 4. Tent and accessory mast according to claim 3, characterized in that the hook and the eyelet are provided at opposite circumferential ends 4, 6) of the fastening part (3). 5. Tent and accessory mast according to claim 3, characterized in that both a hook and an eyelet (37, 39) are provided and are located at the same circumferential end (33) of the fastening part. 6. Tent mast and accessory according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the clamping part (3, 23) subtends an angle of at least 270 degrees. 7. Tent and accessory mast according to claim 6, characterized in that the clamping part subtends an angle of about 300 degrees. 8. Tent and accessory mast according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the holding part (3, 23) has a radially inner surface having a radius of approximately 20 mm and the mast has a diameter of 23 mm 9. Tent and accessory mast according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the slit (11, 13, 25) extends closer to the radially inner surface (7, 29) of the clamping part in the proximity of the circumferential end (4, 6, 33) of the clamping part.